Our Story Begins: Your Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridiculous Things They Wrote and Drew as Kids
by Elissa Brent Weissman, Kwame Alexander, Tom Angleberger, and Kathi Appelt
61 Total Resources 1 Awards Book Resume View Text Complexity Discover Like Books
- Grade
- 5-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2017
Word Count 22,860
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 930L
- ATOS Reading Level: 6.2
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 190147, 4 AR Points
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- Curricular Area
- Art
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Authorship
- 20th century
- Children's writings, American
- Authors
- Children's art--United States
- Children's art
- American literature--20th century
- American literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Careers
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Literary
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Language Arts | Composition & Creative Writing
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Literary Criticism & Collections
- Lists With This Book
- Young People Speak
Our Original Resources 7
Audio Name Pronunciation with Kathi Appelt
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Elissa Brent Weissman
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Tom Angleberger
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Kwame Alexander
Created by TeachingBooks
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
Created by TeachingBooks
About the Authors 13
Audio Name Pronunciation with Kathi Appelt
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Elissa Brent Weissman
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Tom Angleberger
Created by TeachingBooks
Audio Name Pronunciation with Kwame Alexander
Created by TeachingBooks
Author Interviews 37
2001 Interview with Kathi Appelt
Created by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Interview with Kathi Appelt
Created by Horn Book
May 5, 2018 interview with Kathi Appelt
Created by Cynthia Leitich Smith
Interview with Kathi Appelt
Created by Kids Ask Authors
Interview with Tom Angleberger
Created by Mackin Community
Interview with Tom Angleberger
Created by AdLit
Interview with Tom Angleberger
Created by The Guardian
Interview with Tom Angleberger
Created by National Book Festival
Interview with Tom Angleberger
Created by Horn Book
Interview with Tom Angleberger
Created by Publishers Weekly
Nose in a book with Tom Angleberger
Created by AdLit
Pirates, pickles and puppets with Tom Angleberger
Created by AdLit
Author's career path with Tom Angleberger
Created by AdLit
Why editing matters with Tom Angleberger
Created by AdLit
The awesome shelf with Tom Angleberger
Created by AdLit
Middle school memories with Tom Angleberger
Created by AdLit
The Murky dictionary with Tom Angleberger
Created by AdLit
The characters take over with Tom Angleberger
Created by AdLit
Interview with Tom Angleberger
Created by Kids Ask Authors
Interview with Tom Angleberger
Created by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Interview with Kwame Alexander
Created by Oprah Daily
Over the moon about writing with Kwame Alexander
Created by Reading Rockets
Interview with Kwame Alexander
Created by Weekend Edition Sunday (NPR)
Interview with Kwame Alexander
Created by Booklist Online
July 27, 2017 Morning Edition interview with Kwame Alexander
Created by NPR
Interview with Kwame Alexander
Created by Kids Ask Authors
Interview with Kwame Alexander
Created by Scottish Book Trust
Interview with Kwame Alexander
Created by She Writes
Interview with Kwame Alexander
Created by Charnaie Gordon
Interview with Kwame Alexander
Created by Kennedy Center
Over love poems with Kwame Alexander
Created by Reading Rockets
On becoming a poet with Kwame Alexander
Created by Reading Rockets
On form before story with Kwame Alexander
Created by Reading Rockets
On finding time to write with Kwame Alexander
Created by Reading Rockets
On the human soul distilled with Kwame Alexander
Created by Reading Rockets
On being a better reader with Kwame Alexander
Created by Reading Rockets
On the Book-in-a-Day program with Kwame Alexander
Created by Reading Rockets
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 3
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
Created by TeachingBooks
Cultural Representation Reflection
Created by TeachingBooks
Curriculum Guide from Elissa Brent Weissman
Created by Elissa Brent Weissman
Book Trailers 1
Video Book Trailer from BoTra Productions
Created by BoTra Productions
Awards & Distinctions 1
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2024
Biography Selection, 2017
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